I just came out as GC at work, to the big boss and I feel a bit sick

[JustcameoutGC]

I have NCed for this. I have just outed myself as GC in work to the big boss (and some others cced in).

I was asked to sign off on something that I just couldn't and I said so, and explained why.

I literally feel sick. Like I have put a big fat GC target on my back. My org is totally woke. I wonder how many times my response has been forwarded already.

I just though GC was that you differentiated the unique struggles and rights of trans women with the unique struggles and rights of biological women. Extreme trans rights activists think that view is anti trans but most people don’t.

Solidarity.

You are a feminist: someone who sees the structural oppression of women as a sex class in patriarchy, through the application of socially constructed ideas about what people of each sex should do & how they should behave,

Rational, reasonable, and necessary.

Brava!!

Sorry what is GC?

Good Call!

Group Chat.

Gay Couple.

(I just looked it up)

Flowers24 one simple definition is that people who are gender-critical do not believe someone who was born male but who identifies as a woman is literally the same as a woman. But this may be over-simple.

This thread explains far better www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3145470-Break-it-down-for-me

Gender critical - recognising that a woman is an adult human female, that women and girls are discriminated against because of their biology, and that gender is primarily a tool of the patriarchy used to oppress women.

And what extraordinary times we are living in that this GC statement should be a) in any way contentious or disputed; b) someone should feel sick admitting it to their boss and c) fearful of the consequences of holding these beliefs in a woke organisation.

And sorry for the derail into disputing the poor definition of GC by @Shizuku

@JustcameoutGC you are wonderful. I would be cheering if this had happened in my workplace.

We need more people to stand up to policy capture as it is having a terrible impact on women's rights. You did a good thing and I guarantee that even if your email has been forwarded, there will be many more people in agreement with you than opposition. Good luck!

@ANewCreation

Gender critical - recognising that a woman is an adult human female, that women and girls are discriminated against because of their biology, and that gender is primarily a tool of the patriarchy used to oppress women.

And what extraordinary times we are living in that this GC statement should be a) in any way contentious or disputed; b) someone should feel sick admitting it to their boss and c) fearful of the consequences of holding these beliefs in a woke organisation.

Truly extraordinary and sad times indeed.

@Flowers24

Sorry what is GC?

Gender critical. Some good explanations upthread.

Well done OP.

Well done! I've not yet got the confidence to personally air my views at work, however I do think it may come across my desk at some point soon in terms of approving language/communications on behalf of my organisation. Keep us posted on any fall out OP.

@JustcameoutGC

It wasn't even a personal line in the sand, it for me is about the lack of assessment and management of risk (actual and reputational) around use of language in materials that would have our logo on them.

I let my personal line in the sand get trampled over long ago.

It sounds like you have done the right thing, particularly given the initial response from the big boss. If his initial reaction was to say the points you made were good then I can’t see how, even if he is eventually brought to a different viewpoint, he can then accuse you of being a terrible person for making them.

Further, if his instinct is to see your point of view and he witnesses some unreasonable behaviour as push-back, it might be possible it will open his eyes to what’s happening.

And hopefully there’s a possibility that this will shift you from bring in the awful position of having to pretend to believe something you can’t. I hope that even if it’s uncomfortable now, there will be some relief from the ongoing pressure you’ve been under as a result.

Best of luck with the next steps.

Thank you to everyone who posted links...I have a lot of reading to do!

Good for you OP, there are lots of us out there who agree with you. It shouldn't be controversial but it is.

As a pp said, this is now on the trending list, so you might get lots of 'you're all big meanies'.

Flowers24 GC stands for Gender Critical

Typically it is someone who sees gender stereotypes as problematic for everyone, in particular it is someone who sees imposition of female stereotypes as a way by which women are oppressed.

Well done OP.

My organization is definitely going woke but I haven't plucked up the courage to do what you did yet.

Well done. I struggle often in my area of work as I know myself to be very supportive of the rights and lives of trans people but I am also critical of organisations and policies that forget about sex discrimination and inadvertently trample on women's sex-based rights along the way of trying to be inclusive. In the area I work it would be VERY hard to explain this without being shouted down as hateful and bigoted.

When I googled, it suggested that you are Gemma Collins and of good character.

There needs to be a name for that feeling you have when you are waiting, having said something you think to be true and you know to be a principled position, expecting to be accused of blasphemy and bigotry. Possibly by people who have known you for many years.

There isn't any other feeling quite like it.

Sorry for my ignorance but why does it need to be said? I've never heard the term before.

JustcameoutGC well done, the more of us that do this IRL the easier it becomes. I am GC in person but don’t identify myself on line as GC as the bullying of women by trans activists is just too vicious

Well done op, let’s hope you get as much support at work as you have here

Well done op. We all need to be able to voice our views on this.

Ani O'Brien article published May 2019:

'Fundamentally misunderstanding gender critical feminism'

"Feminism is at its roots (that’s where the name Radical Feminism comes from by the way) gender critical. Past iterations of feminism were entirely gender critical, but there is little that can be said to be gender critical about third wave feminism. This is why gender critical feminists reject it. We prefer the radical analysis of our foremothers. Radical does not mean wild or extreme it simply refers to “relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something”. It is about stripping everything back and analysing the nature of female oppression. For gender critical or radical feminists our “central tenet is that women as a biological class are globally oppressed by men as a biological class.” (continues)

It is our bodies which have always differentiated us from men. It is the fact, as you say, that before contraception we spent our lives pregnant and in the home. It is our bodies and our potential to become mothers that sees us valued less in the workforce (as well as gendered sex stereotypes). It is because we are female that we are overwhelmingly the victims of sexual violence, but rarely the perpetrators. It is because we are female that in some parts of the world little girls have their genitals mutilated, are married off to men, and deprived of education. I am terribly and genuinely confused as to what you think sexism, female oppression, and male violence are, if not based around our respective realities as members of our sex classes. What is feminism for if not to liberate the female sex class?

This does not mean that any of this oppression is our destiny. However, we simply must know what we are fighting for and against if we are to effect change. Sex is WHY we are oppressed. Gender is HOW we are oppressed." (continues)

aniobrien.medium.com/fundamentally-misunderstanding-gender-critical-feminism-baebb2e953e3